Shower-bath attachment.



A. F. Luzzi. SHOWER BATH ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I8, 19.16. 1,218,879.

Patented Mar. I3, 1917.

AUGUST F. LUZZI, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

SHOWER-BATH ATTACHMENT.

Application led April 18, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST F. Luzzi, a citizen of the United States,residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shower-Bath Attachments,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a. shower bathattachment.

The object of the invention is to provide an attachment of the characterdescribed which may be readily attached to and detached from theordinary bath tub faucet.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of anattachment of the character described which may be easily attached to aplurality of faucets with which a bath tub, to which both cold and hotwater is supplied, is provided irrespective of the distance which saidfaucets may be located apart.

A. further feature of the invention resides in the provision of anattachment which will permit the bath tub to be used in the ordinary waywithout detaching the same from the faucet.

A still further feature of the invention resides in the provision of astand pipe to which a plurality of spray nozzles are secured, saidnozzles being adjustable so that the water sprayed therethrough may bedirected in any manner desired.

With the above and other objects in view the invention has particularrelation to certain novel features of construction, arrangement of partsand use, an eframple of which is given in this specification andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 shows a fragmentary side elevation of the attachment,

Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the attachment applied to a bath tubhaving a single faucet,

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 show fragmentary vertical sectional views of the standpipe showing the spray nozzle connections thereto.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like numeralsof reference designate similar parts, in each of the figures the numeral1 refers to a bath tub, which, in Figs. 1 and 2 is shown equipped withsingle faucets as 3 and 4 respectively.

In the form shown in Fig. 2, the lower end of the stand pipe 5 isthreaded into the .Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 13. 1917.

Serial No. 91,918.

ends of the U-bolts 14, 14 are secured, said bolts engaging against, andresting in the notch 12 in, the corresponding latch 11 and clamping theconnection 7 securely to the faucet. Y

ln Fig. 1, a single faucet and single connection are shown, the standpipe 5 being threaded into the free end of the connection. In this formthe end of the connection adjacent the faucet is provided with a later-Vally extending plate 15 and a U-bolt 16 is secured to said plate andengages around the valve shaft bearing and clamps the connection inposition with respect to the faucet.

The stand pipe 5 has arranged at intervals therealong tubular joints 20,connecting the sections of said pipe and seated in these joints are thehollow cylindrical valves 21, which fit closely therein and integralwith the respective valve ends are the hollow arms 22, which projectforwardly into alinement with the bath tub and carry the spray nozzles24. Each of the valves 21 is provided with an orifice as 25, the orificeof the lower one being arranged at the upper side and the orifices ofthe others being arranged at the lower side of said valves. Whenrtheseorifices are brought into alinement with the passageway through thestand pipe and the water is turned on through the faucets, it will passup through said stand pipe and through said orifices and be sprayed outthrough said nozzles. The orifice of the lower valve is arranged in theupper side so that' the direct pressure will not cause too strong acurrent through the lower nozzle but the water will be forcedtherethrough by back pressure only and the orifice of the upper valve isenlarged because the pressure at this point is the weakest. By-passes 26are provided around the valves 21, excepting the upper one so as topermit the water to reach all of the nozzles through the stand pipe 5.

It is apparent that the water may be cut off from the upper nozzles byelevating said nozzles to the position shown in Fig. 2, carrying theorifices out of alinement with the passageway through the stand pipe andin a similar manner 'the water may be cut oii' from the lower nozzle 24by lowering said nozzle. lV hen the nozzles are brought into horizontalposition as shown in Fig. l the oriiices will be in alinement with thepassageway through the stand pipe 5 and water will be discharged throughsaid noz zle. Each connection 7 has an orifice 27 cut through the underside thereof, which is normally closed by the cap 28. vi/Then it isdesired to use the bath tub in the ordinary way the water may be cut oilfrom the nozzles i-'l in the manner hereinbefore described and thc plugremoved and the water will thus be discharged directly into thetub.

l.That l claim is: y

l. ln avdci'ice of the character describei'l :i stand pipe, a sockettherein, 'forming a bearing, the inner wall of which is provided with agroove forming a by-pass, a hollow rotatable member i'i'tted insaid'socliet, and provided with an orilice through the wall thereof, atubular arm integral with and extending laterally from said member and aspray nozzle carried by the free end of said arm.

2. in a device of the character described a stand pipe, having aplurality of sockets therein, spaced apart and forming bearings, theinner walls of said bearings being provided with groofves formingley-passes, hollowV rotatable members fitted into said respectivesockets each member having an oriiice through the wall thereof, theorifice of the lower one being through its upper wali, a hollow armintegral with each member by the movement of which the orifice of thecorresponding member may be brought into and out of alinement with thepassageway through said pipe, and flow of water through said arm therebycontrolled, and a spray nozzle carried by the free end of each arm.

In testimony whereotl I have signed my naine to this specification inthe presence cit twov subscribing witnesses.

AUGUST F. LUZZI.

lVitnesses AN'Nm L. CARY, AMY C. BARRETT.

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